It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.

At last my love has come along. My lonely days are over and life is like a song.

I'm not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me sing.

You know, YOUR President, the one with the big ears-he ain't my President - had that woman singing for him at his Inauguration. She's going to get her [expletive] whooped. How dare Beyonce sing MY song that I been singing forever. Now I'm going to sing it for y'all.

Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person.

It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation.

Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude.